Photos: Clashes in Cairo, Egypt Leave More Than 50 Dead
July 8, 2013
People run for cover as security forces fire tear gas after shooting to disperse Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi outside the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo in the early hours of July 8, 2013. Sixteen Islamist activists were shot dead during a protest outside the key Cairo army headquarters calling for Morsi to be reinstated, according to his Muslim Brotherhood group. MAHMOUD KHALED/AFP/Getty Images ( 521209468 )
An Egyptian man cries outside a morgue after carrying the corpse of his brother killed near the Republican Guard building in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8, 2013. Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president early Monday in violence that left dozens of people killed, including one officer, outside a military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) ( Mideast Egypt )
An injured man is brought to a makeshift hospital after Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted President Mohammed Morsi early Monday in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8 , 2013. The violence left dozens people killed outside the Republican Guard military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/ Ahmed Gomaa ) ( Mideast Egypt )
An injured man is seen to by at a make shift hospital where victims are being brought following clashes between Egyptian police and Muslim Brotherhood supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi outside the elite Republican Guards base in Cairo early on July 8, 2013. Sixteen Islamist activists were shot dead during the clashes outside the key Cairo army headquarters calling for ousted president Mohamed Morsi to be reinstated, the Muslim Brotherhood spokeman said. MAHMOUD KHALED/AFP/Getty Images ( 521211100 )
An injured man lies on a gurney as he is brought for medical treatment in Cairo following overnight violence, on July 8, 2013. Forty-two loyalists of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi were killed while demonstrating against last week's military coup, with the Egyptian military blaming "terrorists" for the violence, while witnesses, including Islamic Brotherhood supporters, telling AFP that the armed forces fired only tear gas and warning shots and that "thugs" in civilian clothes had carried out the deadly shooting. AFP PHOTO/STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 521212779 )
An injured man is brought to a makeshift hospital after Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted President Mohammed Morsi early Monday in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8 , 2013. The violence left dozens people killed outside the Republican Guard military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/ Ahmed Gomaa ) ( Mideast Egypt )
A member of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi displays spent ammunition after clashes with army in front of Republican Guard headquarters in Nasr City, in the suburb of Cairo July ,8 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-PROTESTS )
A wounded supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi receives treatment at a local hospital in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8, 2013. Egyptian soldiers and police guarding the Republican Guard building opened fire on supporters of the ousted president Monday in bloodshed that claimed dozens lives, officials and witnesses said, and plunged the divided country deeper into crisis with calls by Islamists for all-out rebellion against the army. (AP Photo/Wissam Nassar) ( Mideast Egypt )
An injured is helped in a makeshift hospital after Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted President Mohammed Morsi early Monday in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8 , 2013. The violence left dozens people killed outside the Republican Guard military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/ Ahmed Gomaa ) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt )
Wounded supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi wait for treatment at a field hospital in Cairo, July 8, 2013. The death toll in violence on Monday at the Cairo headquarters of the Republican Guard rose to 42, Egyptian state television said, after the Muslim Brotherhood accused the security forces of attacking protesters there. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih ( EGYPT-PROTEST/TOLL-REPORT )
A man reacts in a makeshift hospital after Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted President Mohammed Morsi early Monday in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 8 , 2013. The violence left dozens people killed outside the Republican Guard military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/ Ahmed Gomaa ) ( Mideast Egypt )
The body of a man is carried on a stretcher at the Liltaqmeen al-Sahy Hospital in Cairo's Nasr City district, after allegedly being killed during a shooting at the site of a pro-Morsi sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Egyptian Republican Guard on July 8, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian health ministry officials are reporting at least 42 people were killed and more than 300 injured in the incident early on Monday morning, which allegedly occurred as supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi attending the sit in were performing dawn prayer. The demonstrators were demanding the release of Morsi, who they believe is being held inside the Republican Guard headquarters. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images) ( 173128952 )
Supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi help a wounded supporter at a field hospital outside the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo, July 8, 2013. The death toll in violence on Monday at the Cairo headquarters of the Republican Guard rose to 42, Egyptian state television said, after the Muslim Brotherhood accused the security forces of attacking protesters there. REUTERS/ Asmaa Waguih ( EGYPT-PROTEST/TOLL-REPORT )
A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood rests on plastic sheeting as injured people are brought to safety following clashes with police between supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi and the police outside the elite Republican Guards base in Cairo early on July 8, 2013. Sixteen Islamist activists were shot dead during the clashes outside the key Cairo army headquarters calling for ousted president Mohamed Morsi to be reinstated, the Muslim Brotherhood spokeman said. MAHMOUD KHALED/AFP/Getty Images ( 521211352 )
A medic in a stained white robe is seen at a make shift hospital where victims are being brought following clashes between Egyptian police and Muslim Brotherhood supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi outside the elite Republican Guards base in Cairo early on July 8, 2013. Sixteen Islamist activists were shot dead during the clashes outside the key Cairo army headquarters calling for ousted president Mohamed Morsi to be reinstated, the Muslim Brotherhood spokeman said. MAHMOUD KHALED/AFP/Getty Images ( 521213833 )
Army soldiers stand guard near the Republican Guard headquarters after clashes with supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi, in Cairo, July 8, 2013. The death toll in violence on Monday at the Cairo headquarters of the Republican Guard rose to 42, Egyptian state television said, after the Muslim Brotherhood accused the security forces of attacking protesters there. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih ( EGYPT-PROTEST/TOLL-REPORT )
Army soldiers stand guard at Republication Guard headquarters after early clashes in Nasr City, in the suburb of Cairo July 8, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-PROTESTS )
Supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi stand behind a barrier separating them from military soldiers after clashes, in Cairo, July 8, 2013. At least 42 people were killed on Monday when Islamist demonstrators enraged by the military overthrow of Egypt's elected President Mohamed Mursi said the army opened fire during morning prayers at the Cairo barracks where he is being held. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih ( EGYPT-PROTESTS/ )
Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans in front of army soldiers at Republican Guard headquarters in Nasr City, in the suburb of Cairo July 8, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh ( EGYPT-PROTESTS )
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